Most only hear about what presidential candidates Bob Dole, a Republican, and Bill Clinton, a Democrat, have to say in their bids for election.

However, there are six other parties vying for the office that are on the state of Iowa ballot. One of these is the Socialist Workers Party.

The Socialist campaign is endorsing Georgian James Harris for president and Laura Garza, from New York, for vice president.

The Socialist Party supports free education to all, equal rights for immigrants, abortion rights, the extension of affirmative action, raising the minimum wage and jobs for everyone. On the international front, socialists protest U.S. involvement in other affairs.

Harris, a member of the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party, is a worker at a meat packing company and has been involved in fighting for black rights. A member of various unions, Harris’ first political activity was the civil rights movement.

He founded the Black Student Union at Cleveland State University and organized demonstrations against the Vietnam War. The presidential candidate also opposes threats against Cuba and any embargoes on the socialist nation.

Garza, currently a staff writer for a socialist publication, has fought for the socialist movement for 25 years. She has worked at a number of factories and has volunteered her time to her cause by visiting Cuba, supporting abortion rights and standing up for refugees and immigrants. She has run for the office of Miami mayor and for U.S. Congress.

Education should be free, said Joe Swanson, a packing house worker and Iowa supporter of the Harris-Garza campaign. While the rich can afford to send their children to college, Swanson said, most of the working class does not have that option.

“We should fight for free education for those who want to be educated,” Swanson said.

A free education would be possible if the government eliminated various resources, including the war budget, many Socialists argue. Swanson said the budget has no purpose.

The two believe in relying on the collective power of unions in order to replace a government ruled by “billionaire families.”

“We urge the labor movement to defend these immigrants,” Swanson said.